Chiropractic Care for Newborns and Infants
Being a parent to an infant is an amazing, albeit trying, experience. One week they’re sleeping through the night and the next, barely a wink. How wonderful it would be if our little ones could verbalize their discomfort to us! Enter a skilled chiropractor with experience working with children to interpret distress and correct it without the use of medication or surgery. In fact, a recent article in Pathways to Wellness indicates “many chiropractors are saying that all babies need to have their spines checked to determine if vertebral subluxations are present.” The birth process itself can be traumatic for infants, so an excellent first step in caring for your newborn is to have him examined and adjusted by a chiropractor.
Can chiropractic help infants?
The article references a study by German physician Dr. G. Gutmann, who has examined and treated over 1,000 children. From his own experience and research, he concludes that approximately 80 percent of all children are “not in autonomic balance” and suffer from subluxations or blocked nerve impulses. That’s an alarming figure, but Gutmann says “ chiropractic can often bring about amazingly successful results,” and he “has been ‘constantly amazed how, even with the lightest adjustment with the index finger, the clinical picture normalizes, sometimes gradually, but often immediately.”
What are the benefits of chiropractic care for newborns and infants?
The birthing process not only puts strain on mom, but it can also cause stress to baby’s cranium and spinal cord, contributing to numerous health problems, such as asthma and difficulty nursing. Chiropractic care for infants is an effective first step in your child’s health.
Additionally, regular chiropractic care can help relieve:
“It is no longer conjecture whether children can be helped under chiropractic care. Chiropractic can change lives.”
Ear infections and earaches
Colic and acid reflux
Fussiness
Asthma and allergies
Related: Why Infants Need Chiropractic Care
Is chiropractic care gentle enough for infants?
It’s natural for parents to be unsure about chiropractic care for their newborns and infants, but chiropractors take an even more delicate approach to adjustments for babies than they do for adults. Chiropractic for babies is gentle and many times goes unnoticed by the baby. The pressure applied for the adjustment is about the amount of pressure you would use to check the ripeness of a tomato - safe, gentle, and effective.
If your newborn or infant is suffering, contact us to schedule a consultation and get her on the path to wellness.
Read the full article, Newborns, Infants, and Chiropractic, in Pathways to Wellness, Issue #60.